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No. 292,194; Patented Jan.' 2 2, 1884.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,194, dated January 22, 1884.

Application filed June 25, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, ELIAs G. ATKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in CrosscutSaws, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to cross than at. the center. The central portion of the saw, which is the part which does most of the cutting, being narrow, is not so liable to be pinched and caught in the saw-kerf as the ordinary wide blade.

I am aware that saws having a narrow blade, a convex cutting-edge, and a concave back have before been made; but they have been heretofore made of uniformwidth throughout, and it has been found that when they are made narrow enough to prevent pinching the blade is liable to sag and become bent at points between the center and each end. By widening the blade from the center toward each end, as shown, the above-mentioned difficulty is avoided.

I claim as my invention A saw blade having a convex cutting-edge, a concave back edge, and having both ends wider than the center, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ELIAS O. ATKINS. Witnesses:

E. O. ABBOTT, H. P. H001). 

